Disappointing/weird/inappropriate christmas gifts

wowimustlovehim

Always get a large jar of marmite from my mum, but I love the stuff.

celyn90

Quizzical_Squirrel wrote: »

Bright green thick opaque tights.

The only people who could create an outfit around those are Robin Hood and the Jolly Green Giant.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:I have a thick pair of opaque green tights left over from attending a fancy dress party dressed as a cauliflower

This_Year

firbury wrote: »

My brother kindly gave me an American maths course. I cannot find the words to thank him.

It's got to be a fake. Americans don't do "maths" they prefer "math"

queengoth

I'm goth so for years just got given anything that was black but the worst without doubt was the two kissing skeletons with bright pink tongues given to me by my mum. It used to appear every time she came to visit but sadly one year fell off the fire and smashed !

time2deal

We did a secret Santa for a Christmas party recently. £5 limit so just something fun. One couple forgot I think so they grabbed two blocks of cheese from the fridge and wrapped each of them up. Not fancy cheese, just regular cheddar in those zip lock bags. And they had got them free from some work related activity!

The people who got the cheese were a bit bemused. Not quite the spirit of the season.

Izadora

This is fabulous and has given me such a good laugh. It also reminded me of the year my nan (dad's mum, never got on particularly well with my mum) gave my mum a photo frame for Christmas, complete with a very nice picture of herself...

Alienna

He he! Thanks guys for cheering me up... At home with tonsillitis

I guess I'm easily pleased... Nothing has ever disappointed me too much, but then I love presents - giving and receiving!

I'm also pretty lucky that while my MIL is a pretty painful person to be around, she is a good present buyer. While my main present is usually cash or vouchers, she always buys a small something to go with it. This year was a lovely glass rose scented candle - I love rose!

My oddest present this year was a joint present for me and my OH, from a friend of ours who knows us really well. She got us a box of chocolates. I'm allergic to chocolate! The saddest thing was, the only chocolates my OH didn't inhale were the turkish delight ones. I love turkish delight!

A friend of my parents has always got a weird approach to present buying. For my last birthday, along with a few bits I really liked, I also got an empty kilner jar. Still wondering about that. For Christmas, along with a cake cook book and some sweets she gave me a pack of serviettes with cupcakes on. Why?! :eek:

As for the giving... I try and pride myself on this. I never buy anything in the sales at the beginning of the year - people's tastes change over the year - and no doubt I'll see something better closer to Christmas! I had a compliment from a colleague who is also a close friend last Christmas. We'd only been working together a few months, and for her birthday (the week before Christmas) I'd got her a top and some earrings. She's actually quite fussy - and got high standards to boot! She loved both and actually said that even some of her closest friends never got it right! She's loved my presents ever since :T

Corelli

ViolaLass wrote: »

I think we have the same MIL. Bags and bags of presents, usually one or two decent things and then a load of tat or very random items.

Me too She is very kind and likes to give lots of presents, but part of our Xmas tradition is the visit to a far away charity shop so she will never see the things she gave us on sale.

jussieb

My SIL is renowned for giving us really bad Christmas presents, such as tealights, box of pencils. This year, she gave my child a tin of Adopt an Animal..the use by date was very short. On opening it, inside the tin with the information was a gift tag to her from the person who had given it to her the previous Christmas. However, inside was also an envelope with £30 worth of gardening vouchers inside..another of her last years Christmas presents! Well, obviously meant to regift them both, didn't she? I gave my child £30 cash, which they were very pleased about, and used the vouchers!

ska_lover

A pack of scented drawer liners.